Author: Yeghisabet Arthur

Turkish press: Russia hails positive developments between Azerbaijan, Armenia

Yeghisabet Arthur
 ISTANBUL APR 07, 2022 – 12:36 PM GMT+3

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov walks out after the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. (AP File Photo)

The Kremlin on Thursday welcomed the positive developments between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the leaders of both countries ordered their top diplomats to launch preparatory work for peace discussions.

"The progress on concluding such a document is a very, very positive fact and is welcomed," Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

Peskov's remarks came after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian told their foreign ministers to start preparing for peace talks, after a meeting mediated by the European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels on Wednesday.

"An agreement was reached during the meeting … to set up a bilateral commission on the issues of delimitation of the Armenian-Azerbaijan border, which will be in charge of ensuring security and stability along the frontier," Armenia's Foreign Ministry said.

The meeting came after a flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh on March 25 that saw Azerbaijan capture a strategic village in the area under the Russian peacekeepers' responsibility, killing three separatist troops.

Armenian Catholicos hosts delegation from Crimea

Yeghisabet Arthur
April 8 2022

The news release of the Holy See press service reads:

 

“The Catholicos of All Armenians brought his blessings and best wishes to the members of the delegation, praying for the restoration of peace in the region and the strengthening of the spirit of solidarity and cooperation in the life of humanity. During the meeting, His Holiness referred to the important role and contribution of the Armenian community in the history of Crimea, to the current active national-spiritual life of the community. On this occasion, the Catholicos of All Armenians expressed his appreciation to the Crimean authorities for their caring attitude towards the Armenian community, as well as for their support in church building.”

 

Mediamax notes that the Crimean delegation, which is visiting Armenia this week, is led by the Vice Prime Minister Georgi Muradov, who, judging from the photo provided by the Holy See press service, was not present at the meeting.

Armenian FM briefs CSTO Secretary General on situation after Azerbaijani invasion of Parukh

Yeghisabet Arthur
Public Radio of Armenia
April 8 2022
April 8, 2022, 22:41

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On April 8, Armeian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas in Moscow.

The interlocutors referred to the current activities of the CSTO, the implementation of the decisions of the Collective Security Council and the schedule of upcoming events.

Both sides stressed the importance of implementing the priorities of the Armenian Presidency in the context of developing the Organization’s potential.

Ararat Mirzoyan stressed the need to continue the efforts aimed at improving the organization’s crisis response mechanisms.

The Armenian Foreign Minister also referred to the situation created by the invasion of Azerbaijani troops into the zone of responsibiloty of Russian peacekeepers in Parukh village in Nagorno Karabakh and the adjacent territories.

During the meeting, Stanislav Zas presented the security situation in the CSTO zone and the current challenges, informed about the process of agreeing on the documents negotiated within the CSTO.

The interlocutors touched upon other regional and international issues of importance for the CSTO member states.

100 Ideas:PhD student works on AI project for early diagnosis, treatment of cardio-vascular disease in COVID-19 patients

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 14:32, 28 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 28, ARMENPRESS. A PhD student at the Armenian-Russian University of Yerevan is working on a project that would help healthcare workers in early diagnosis and prevention of COVID-19 consequences in patients who have cardio-vascular diseases.

Participant of the 100 Ideas for Armenia project Chinar Movsisyan told ARMENPRESS that her project will enable doctors to find out the severity of the disease and what were the factors that contributed to its development in patients.

“The project started when I began my PhD studies at the Armenian-Russian University. After discussing with my supervisor, Sos S. Agaian of the City University of New York, we understood what problems exist now that require innovative solutions. After numerous discussions we decided to research cardio-vascular diseases to understand how artificial intelligence can be useful in treating them easier and faster. It will help doctors and patients to understand the problems faster and avoid a number of tests,” Movsisyan said.

Movsisyan said they’ve been cooperating with the Armenian Cardiology Institute, which provided the required data needed in working on AI projects.

The project is currently in the stage of data processing and research.

Movsisyan says they will soon publish an article, which will be followed by tests.

The purpose of the project is to understand which type of AI can be integrated in hospitals that would be used for prevention and treatment of diseases, and secondly the project will make medical services more effective and fast.

The 100 Ideas for Armenia competition is a youth project organized by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport for encouraging young people to be interested in science and propose innovations. The competition has more than 20 categories and includes various sectors.

 

Reporting by Gayane Gaboyan

Transavia to start operating flights on route Paris -Yerevan- Paris

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 12:26, 31 March, 2022

YEREVAN, MARCH 31, ARMENPRESS. From 23 April 2022 Transavia will start operating flights on the route Paris (Orly) -Yerevan- Paris (Orly), Armenia International Airports CJSC said in a statement.

The frequency of flights will be twice a week, every Wednesday and Saturday.

“For the availability of air tickets, their acquisition and other details, please visit the webpage of the airline at or contact the local travel agency”, the statement says.

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Embassy: 4,000 Ukrainian citizens have moved to Armenia during war

Yeghisabet Arthur
– 14:10 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net - About 4,000 Ukrainian citizens have moved to Armenia since the beginning of Russian's war in Ukraine on February 24, Armenpress cited Denis Avtonomov, the Ukrainian Chargé d’Affaires in Armenia, as saying on Thursday, March 18.

Avtonomov said that most of them are ethnic Armenians, many have relatives and family here and rarely turn to the Embassy for help. The diplomat added that a certain number of ethnic Ukrainians has also escaped to Armenia.

“At the moment we are helping the citizens of Ukraine solve document issues,” said Avtonomov, noting that the main difficulties are connected with the employment of refuges.

According to the Ukrainian diplomat, many Armenian citizens, residents of Yerevan and the provinces have expressed readiness to help resettle Ukrainian refugees.

Syrian Parliament Speaker invited to Armenia

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YEREVAN, MARCH 17, ARMENPRESS. Ambassador of Armenia to Syria Tigran Gevorgyan visited the People’s Assembly (Parliament) of Syria and met with Speaker Hammoud Sabbagh, the Armenian Embassy said on social media.

During the meeting both sides highlighted the role and significance of the parliamentary diplomacy in further deepening and developing the relations between Armenia and Syria.

Ambassador Gevorgyan said Armenia attaches great importance to the official recognition and condemnation of the Armenian Genocide by the Syrian parliament, which was another evidence of the solidarity between the Armenian and Syrian peoples.

In this respect, the Ambassador conveyed the letter-invitation of the Vice Speaker of Parliament of Armenia Ishkhan Saghatelyan addressed to the Syrian side to visit Armenia on April 24.

The sides also discussed a number of regional and international issues. The Armenian Ambassador thoroughly presented the regular provocations of the Azerbaijani side, particularly the latest steps on provoking humanitarian crisis in Artsakh. He also presented the latest developments in the Armenia-Turkey dialogue to the Syrian parliament speaker.

Hammoud Sabbagh accepted the invitation with pleasure and promised to inform about the decision on sending a delegation to Armenia in a short period of time.

Man with hammer attacks Armenia opposition movement members at Northern Avenue

Yeghisabet Arthur
News.am, Armenia
15:13, 16.03.2022

An unidentified man on Tuesday attacked members of Armenia’s opposition Liberation Movement, at Northern Avenue in downtown Yerevan, who are carrying out a signature campaign demanding the resignation of PM Nikol Pashinyan. Armenian News-NEWS.am learned about this from the aforesaid movement.

The respective statement added as follows, in particular: "The police on duty on location reacted quickly and isolated the perpetrator. Moreover, the perpetrator had a hammer and other objects with him.

The special police detachment, which arrived at the scene minutes later, apprehended the man who carried out the attacked.

"Two more provocative incidents were recorded on March 15, which [also] were prevented by the police."

Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 15-03-22

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YEREVAN, 15 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 15 March, USD exchange rate down by 7.03 drams to 507.94 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 6.03 drams to 558.53 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate down by 0.05 drams to 4.61 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 9.37 drams to 662.15 drams.

The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.

Gold price down by 849.78 drams to 31910.90 drams. Silver price down by 10.37 drams to 414.39 drams. Platinum price stood at 16414.1 drams.

Sports: Armenian attacker Adamyan scores twice for Club Brugge

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Adamyan scored the first two goals for Club Brugge. Frederik Jäkel signed for the equalizer of Ostend (1-1). The match lost a lot of tension when Kjell Scherpen, the Dutch goalkeeper of the home team, worked a bet by Andreas Skov Olsen into his own goal (1-3).

Club Brugge took over Adamyan on a rental basis from Hoffenheim at the end of January. Alfred Schreuder, the trainer of the Belgian top club, got to know the Armenian attacker when he worked for the German team. Schreuder had Noa Lang start on the bench. The attacker recently showed his dissatisfaction when his Dutch trainer had replaced him. Lang came in for Adamyan in the 80th minute. Bas Dost and Ruud Vormer remained on the bench for the entire match.

Club Brugge remains the number 2 in the Belgian league, 7 points behind Union. The leader already won the match against Leuven (1-4) on Friday.